13008 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 11, 2008 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Robert C. Schoening, Drug 

and Alcohol Program Manager, Office of 

Investigations and Casualty Analysis 

(CG–545), U.S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters, telephone 202–372–1033. 

If you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366–

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 46 

CFR 16.230, the Coast Guard requires 

marine employers to establish random 

drug testing programs for covered 

crewmembers on inspected and 

uninspected vessels. 

Every marine employer is required by 

46 CFR 16.500 to collect and maintain 

a record of drug testing program data for 

each calendar year, and submit this data 

by 15 March of the following year to the 

Coast Guard in an annual MIS report. 

Marine employers may either submit 

their own MIS reports or have a 

consortium or other employer 

representative submit the data in a 

consolidated MIS report. 

The purpose of setting a minimum 

random drug testing rate is to assist the 

Coast Guard in analyzing its current 

approach for deterring and detecting 

illegal drug abuse in the maritime 

industry. The testing rate for calendar 

year 2007 is 50 percent. 

The Coast Guard may lower this rate 

if, for two consecutive years, the drug 

test positive rate is less than 1.0 percent, 

in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(f)(2). 

Since 2006 MIS data indicates that the 

positive rate is greater than one percent 

industry-wide (1.31 percent), the Coast 

Guard announces that the minimum 

random drug testing rate will continue 

at 50 percent of covered employees for 

the period of January 1, 2008 through 

December 31, 2008 in accordance with 

46 CFR 16.230(e). 

Each year, the Coast Guard will 

publish a notice reporting the results of 

random drug testing for the previous 

calendar year’s MIS data and the 

minimum annual percentage rate for 

random drug testing for the next 

calendar year. 

Dated: March 3, 2008. 

James A. Watson, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. E8–4800 Filed 3–10–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1744–DR] 

Arkansas; Amendment No. 6 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Arkansas (FEMA–1744–DR), 

dated February 7, 2008, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Kenneth M. Riley, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

declared disaster. 

This action terminates my 

appointment of Philip E. Parr as Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this disaster. 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households in Presidential 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential 

Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster 

Housing Operations for Individuals and 

Households; 97.050 Presidential Declared 

Disaster Assistance to Individuals and 

Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster 

Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially 

Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard 

Mitigation Grant.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–4777 Filed 3–10–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1741–DR] 

Kansas; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Kansas (FEMA–1741–DR), dated 

February 1, 2008, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Kansas is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared a 

major disaster by the President in his 

declaration of February 1, 2008. 

Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, and 

Wallace Counties for Public Assistance. 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidential 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential 

Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster 

Housing Operations for Individuals and 

Households; 97.050 Presidential Declared 

Disaster Assistance to Individuals and 

Households—Other Needs, 97.036, Disaster 

Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially 

Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard 

Mitigation Grant.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 08–997 Filed 3–10–08; 8:45 am] 

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